When I look back over the last few weeks I must say that I have been thinking about community and about what it means to be the Body of Christ. It's a subject I find again and again in the readings of...

On Friday it was ten years that my father died. He missed All Saints Day by a couple of days. As for all of us who have lost a loved one, there are certain memories I associate with my dad. I remember going...

Prayer of the DayGracious Father, we pray for your holy catholic church. Fill it with all truth and peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it; where it is right,...

Well, I lost an incisor last week. It was late on Tuesday. I ate a cookie and it simply broke off. The tooth had been dead thirty years. It was my 'blue tooth' and I am not talking technology. I suppose that with time...

Growing up, I always knew that we were odd. I just knew. That we were the only vegetarians I knew was supporting evidence. So, when my brother or I wanted something that was outside of what our parents would normally do, be it...

I remember my mother telling me how - when it looked like her marriage was finally going to fail - she resorted to two teachings in scripture to save it. One was reflective of Paul's teaching in Ephesians five about the church:...

It has always been easier to walk away from an argument than to endure it.(1) My mother claims that my father employed this strategy. Mostly, he did so by just not being around. Eventually, he did so by leaving. My...